UT baseball: Veteran assistant Harmon dismissed

AUSTIN — Texas baseball assistant Tommy Harmon, the longest-tenured coach on any of the Longhorns’ major sports teams, has been dismissed by UT after 23 seasons.

The school announced Wednesday it will not renew the annual contract of Harmon, 63, who served under both Cliff Gustafson and current coach Augie Garrido. With Harmon on the staff, the Longhorns made the College World Series 10 times, winning it twice.

In a statement released by UT, Garrido said of letting Harmon go, “This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make.”

The change after the Longhorns missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998. Harmon, who played at UT from 1968-’70, had been a Longhorns assistant since 1989 and associate head coach since 2004.

“I bleed orange and I wish the best for the student-athletes on the team,” Harmon said in UT’s statement.